Conveyer guide



Sept. l, 1931. K E PElLER q I 1,821,664

CONVEYER GUIDE Filed Aug. 29, 1925 Inventor l Jf/zgram y Attorney Patented Sept. l, 1931 UNITED `s'rATlszs PATENT oFFlcE KARL E. PEILER, 0F WEST HARTFORD, CONNCTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HARTFORD- EMPIRE COMPANY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION 0F DELAWARE CONVEYER GUIDE applicati@ mea August 29, i925. Lkserial No. 53,417.

This invention relates to conveyers and it has particular relation to endless conveyer belts constructed of a series of interconnected helically wound wires. y It has been found that a conveyer of the character described has a tendency to creep to one side of the driving roll around which it asses.

ne of the objects of this invention is tooppose this lateral creeping 'tendency of the belt, by providing a guide adjacent to th( edge ofthe belt toward which the belt tenus to creep, this guide being adapted to maintain the belt in operative position with respect to the driving rolls or other supports with which the belt may be associated. In the accolnpanying drawings: v Figure 1 is a plan view of a conveyer equipped with a guiding member construct ed in accordance with the invention; y

Fig. 2 is a Similar view ofa modified form of the invention;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary cross sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1;"

and f t v Fig. 4 is asimilar view taken on line 4-4 Re erring to tion is illustrated in connection with a lehr for annealing glassware, only the exit end of whichis shown, and whichbriey comprises a tunnel 1, a sorting table 2, a 'conveyer 3 of woven wire fabric havin ribbed upper and lower surfaces, indicate by the inclined lines a and b respectively, in Figs. 1 and 2. The ware-bearing strand of the conveyerupon emerging from the tunnel 1 traverses the table 2 and passes over a roll 4, any desired means being used for driving the belt. a right-hand weave, it is caused to creep to the right or toward 'the top in Figs. 1 and the drawings, the inven-l If the belt has what is termed' gage the conveyer near the point where it emerges from the tunnel with a slight pressure and force the'conveyer gradually into proper relation to the roll 4.

In the modification shown in Fig. 2, a series of rollers 10 bear against the edge of the conveyer. Each roller is mounted in a block 11 which is slidably mounted on the edge of the table. The block 11 is provided with a screw threaded stud 12 which passes through a hole 13 formed in a bracket 14 carried by the table. The block 1l and the roller 10 carried thereby are yieldably urged` toward the conveyer bya spring 15 which surrounds the stud 12 between the block and the bracket 14. The roller may be adjusted toward and from the conveyer by a nut 16 which is threaded upon the stud 12.

A series of these rollers are arranged' along the edge of the conveyer as close together as convenient and in order that the rollers .over further until it is properly positioned.

The rollers 10 are preferably provided with slight flanges 17 overhanging the top of the conveyer (Fig. 4). to prevent it from riding up on the rollers.

In order to provide continuous contact between the edge of the conveyer and the roller guide, an endless chain or belt may pass around all of the rollers, thereby providing a support for the conveyerbetween the rollers. .f

It will be apparent that the above described construction also permits different portions of the guiding means to yield independently of one another to accommodate irregularities in the edge of the conveyer, which might otherwise become torn or damaged if the guiding means were rigid.

In addition to the structural modifications herein shown and described, various other" changes in the construction and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the invention as set forth in the appended ciaims.

claim 1. The combination with an,endless conveyer belt having a tendency to creep laterally with respect to its line of travel, of a flexible bar disposed adjacent to an edge of said belt for opposing such tendency, and a series of independent means for exing various portions of said bar toward and away from said conveyer belt. Y

2. The combination with an endless conveyer belt having a tendency to creep 'laterally with respect to its line of travel of a ilexible member disposed adjacent to the edge of said belt Ifor opposing such tend-4 ency, and a. series of independent means for flexing various portions of said member toward and away from said belt.

Signed at Hartford, Conn., this 27th day of August, 1925.

KARL E. PEILER. 

